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Assalamualaikum and dear all,

This blog compliments teaching and learning for courses that I facilitate at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The contents serve to further 'connect' students to the 'real world' (quantity surveying, construction procurement and others). In trying to provide current information to students, I will be quoting or reproducing works of others and for this I am grateful. I will indicate clearly the source(s). I hope I will not offend anyone; and many will frequent this blog and benefit from its contents.

Thank you and wassalam.

Prof. Sr. Dr. Khairuddin Abdul Rashid

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Roof collapse at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu caused by design flaws, poor materials and workmanship

Salam and dear all,

Reference: previous postings dated 3rd and 4th June 2009 and 9th January 2010.

The Mentri Besar of Terengganu today (11th March 2010) released the report on the roof collapse at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu. (Referring to the report) he said the main causes of the collapse were: engineering flaws, shoddy workmanship, inferior materials and lack of expertise in the key project management team. He also stated that the Terengganu government "had sent a letter to the main contractor to bear all the costs for the reconstruction as the incident occurred less than a year after the handover and the stadium was still under warranty" (Source: The Star Online, 11th March 2010, for the full story visit http://thestar.com.my).

Wassalam.
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